Word: swelled
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...aesthetes and fishies at the Signet. After a brief intermission, FM reconvened for cocktails and some "Cheeseburger in Paradise," which, fyi, doubles as a restaurant in Maui. But even with the maestro in attendance, there were a couple of things missing. Considering the available options, we needed to swell our ranks and hit the town...
...foresaw how phenomenally successful this formula would be when it hit the small screens. Viewers in the '50s had not had time to become media savvy; at the start of the decade, less than 10% of U.S. households had a TV set, a figure that would swell to nearly 90% by 1960. Watching television, except in a few large cities, essentially meant choosing among the offerings of the three networks...